Caladenia incrassata

Caladenia incrassata Hopper & A.P.Br.

Calonema incrassatum; Calonemorchis incrasssata; Jonesiopsis incrassata; Phlebochilus incrassata

Puppet Orchid

Caladenia roei (Small Spider Orchids)

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Nuytsia 14:243-246, Figs. 59A-G (2001)

Yuna to north of Southern Cross, growing in shallow soil pockets on granite outcrops and ironstone hills and in deeper sandy soils in surrounding shrublands.

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An inland species 150–300 mm high with a hairy leaf 100–150 mm long by 4–6 mm wide and one (rarely two) greenish-yellow and red flowers 15–20 mm across.

It is distinguished from the closely related Purple-veined Spider Orchid (Caladenia doutchiae) by its broader band of taller labellum lamina calli, its dorsal sepal often (rather than rarely) having a prominent club and its more north-easterly occurrence in lower rainfall areas.

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